Aha! (was The British school system)

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 28984

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., sofie_elisabeth at y... wrote:
> 
> > So for the sake of the Lexicon, I go strictly with what it 
> > says, understanding that JKR is the only one who can make it 
> > official. 
> 
> Couldn't someone write/e-mail and ask her? If she was basing the 
> Hogwarts system on the Scottish system then surely they would break 
> up at the end of June and go back half way through August. But they 
> go back on September 1st which suggest to me that Hogwarts years 
are 
> based on the English system. Therefore Hermione was born September 
> 19th 1979.
>Sofie


Yes, *please* someone ask her or someone who'd know.  And if she says 
1979, personally I think the passage in PoA ought to be corrected 
like the Wand Order thing, because it's misleading.

I have nothing else to say in this debate... hmm... wish I could get 
tired of shipping as well.  Would give me a lot more free time.  :-D

--Ebony AKA "It's 1980, naturally" AKA AngieJ